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Encyclopedia > Guyane

French Guiana (French: Guyane) is an overseas département (département d'outre-mer, or DOM) of France, located on the Caribbean coast of South America.

Guyane
Region Guyane
Official language French
Political status Non-sovereign, overseas department of France
Department Number 973
Préfecture Cayenne
Sous-préfecture Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni
Prefect Ange Mancini
Head of Regional Council Antoine Karam
Head of General Council Pierre Désert
Area
 - Total
 - % water
86,504 km²

Population


 - Total


 - Density


157,213 (1999 census)
185,000 (1.1.2004 estimates)


2/km²
Currency Euro
Time zone UTC -3
Calling Code 594
Internet TLD .gf
Contents

History

Main article: History of French Guiana


First settled by the French in 1604, French Guiana was the site of notorious penal settlements (see Devil's Island) until 1951.


Politics

Main article: Politics of French Guiana


As an integral part of France, French Guiana is part of the European Union, the largest part in area outside Europe and the only part outside Europe that is not an island (other than the small Spanish towns of Ceuta and Melilla in North Africa).


Geography

Main article: Geography of French Guiana


French Guiana is located on the Caribbean coast of South America. To the west is Suriname, and Brazil is to the south and east.


See also: Communes of the Guyane département


Economy

Main Article: Economy of French Guiana


The European Space Agency launches its satellites from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou.

Map Of French Guiana

Demographics

Main article: Demographics of French Guiana


Miscellaneous

References


Countries in South America
Argentina | Bolivia | Brazil | Chile | Colombia | Ecuador | Guyana | Paraguay | Peru | Suriname | Uruguay | Venezuela
Dependencies: Falkland Islands | French Guiana


Regions of France
Alsace | Aquitaine | Auvergne | Lower Normandy | Burgundy | Brittany | Centre | Champagne-Ardenne | Corsica | Franche-Comté | Upper Normandy | Île-de-France | Languedoc-Roussillon | Limousin | Lorraine | Midi-Pyrénées | Nord-Pas-de-Calais | Loire Region | Picardy | Poitou-Charentes | Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur | Rhône-Alpes
Overseas Departments
Guadeloupe | Martinique | French Guiana | Réunion

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GUADELOUPE, GUYANE, MARTINIQUE, LA RÉUNION : LA DÉPARTEMENTALISATION A LA RECHERCHE D'UN SECOND SOUFFLE (10620 words)
Selon le secrétariat d'Etat à l'outre-mer, on dénombrerait en Guyane environ 20.000 étrangers en situation régulière et 30.000 en situation irrégulière ; le contrôle des flux migratoires sur les frontières fluviales y est en effet particulièrement difficile.
En effet, la situation de la Guyane au coeur du continent sud-américain se distingue profondément de celle de la Martinique et de la Guadeloupe au sein de l'archipel Caraïbe, ou encore de celle de la Réunion au milieu de l'Océan Indien.
Le président de l'Association des maires de Guyane, M. Jean-Pierre Roumillac, maire de Matoury, a fait part à la mission du souhait des communes de se voir attribuer les terres correspondant à leurs limites territoriales afin de constituer des réserves foncières.
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La Guyane est un département d'outre-mer de la France, situé sur la côte nord-est de l'Amérique du Sud, bordée au nord par l'océan Atlantique, au sud par le Brésil, à l'ouest par le Surinam.
La Guyane possède également d'importants gisements de bauxite.
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